| Amalapuram | |
|---|---|
| Constituency No. 44 for the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Location of Amalapuram Assembly constituency within Andhra Pradesh | |
| Constituency details | |
| Country | India |
| Region | South India |
| State | Andhra Pradesh |
| District | Konaseema |
| Lok Sabha constituency | Amalapuram |
| Established | 1951 |
| Reservation | SC |
| Member of Legislative Assembly | |
| 16th Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly | |
| Incumbent | |
| Party | TDP |
| Elected year | 2024 |
Amalapuram is a Scheduled Caste reserved constituency in Konaseema district of Andhra Pradesh that elects representatives to the Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly in India. [1] It is one of the seven assembly segments of Amalapuram Lok Sabha constituency. [2]
Aithabathula Ananda Rao is the current MLA of the constituency, having won the 2024 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election from Telugu Desam Party. [3] As of 2019, there are a total of 229,431 electors in the constituency. [4] [ needs update ] The constituency was established in 1951, as per the Delimitation Orders (1951).
The three mandals that form the assembly constituency are: [2]
| Mandal |
|---|
| Uppalaguptam |
| Allavaram |
| Amalapuram |
As part of Madras Presidency (until 1953)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1937 | Kala Venkata Rao [5] | Indian National Congress | |
| 1946 | |||
| 1952 | Nadimpalli Ramabhadra Raju | Kisan Mazdoor Praja Party | |
As part of Andhra State (1953-1956)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 [note 1] | Golkoti Narasimha Murty | Independent politician | |
As part of United Andhra Pradesh (1956-2014)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Kudupudi Satyanarayana | Independent politician | |
| 1965 | Nadimpalli Ramabhadra Raju [7] | Indian National Congress | |
| 1967 | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | Independent politician | |
| 1972 | Indian National Congress | ||
| 1978 | Palacholla Venkata Sri Rama Rao | Janata Party | |
| 1983 | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | Independent politician [note 2] | |
| 1985 | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | Indian National Congress | |
| 1989 | |||
| 1994 | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 1999 | |||
| 2004 | Chittabbai Kudupudi | Independent politician | |
| 2009 | Pinipe Viswarup | Indian National Congress | |
As part of Andhra Pradesh (since 2014-)
| Year | Member | Political party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Aithabathula Ananda Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| 2019 | Pinipe Viswarup | YSR Congress Party | |
| 2024 | Aithabathula Ananda Rao | Telugu Desam Party | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KMPP | Nadimpalli Ramabhadra Raju | 80,180 | 36.52% | ||
| SCF | Bojja Appalaswami | 66,742 | 30.40% | ||
| INC | Kala Venkata Rao | 27,218 | 12.40% | ||
| INC | Pandu Lakshmanaswami | 23,847 | 10.86% | ||
| Socialist | Aramate Paideswara Rao | 21,592 | 9.83% | ||
| Margin of victory | 13,438 | 6.12% | {{{change}}} | ||
| Turnout | 2,19,579 | 133.71% | {{{change}}} | ||
| Registered electors | 1,64,215 | ||||
| KMPP win (new seat) | |||||
(Two seats: One reserved for general and other one for SC.)
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Golkoti Narasimha Murty | 30,858 | |||
| CPI(M) | Guttula Narayandas | 26,165 | |||
| KSP | Kudupudi Satyanarayana | 25,856 | |||
| Independent | Bojja Appala Swamy | 22,657 | |||
| CPI(M) | Sarella Rama Rao | 19,575 | |||
| Independent | Chikile Gangisetti | 17,266 | |||
| Independent gain from KMPP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Kudupudi Suryanarayana | 23,581 | |||
| INC | Nadimpalli Venkatapathi | 20,820 | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | N.R.Raju | 25,166 | |||
| Independent | K.Venkataratnam | 20,235 | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | K. P. Rao | 25,383 | |||
| INC | N. R. Raju | 22,091 | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | 35,048 | |||
| Independent | Ravanam Ramachendra Rao | 25,398 | |||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
1978 : Venkata sri Rama rao Palacholla
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Satyanarayana Rao | 41,283 | |||
| INC | Prabhakarrao Kudupudi | 32,354 | |||
| Independent gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | 41,296 | |||
| TDP | Ravanam Ramachandra Rao | 33,826 | |||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | 45,863 | |||
| TDP | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | 41,590 | |||
| INC gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Dr. Metla Satyanarayana Rao | 52,926 | |||
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakararao | 36,112 | |||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | 53,246 | |||
| INC | Kudupudi Prabhakara Rao | 34,466 | |||
| TDP hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | Chittabbai Kudupudi | 31,858 | 33.35 | +11.00 | |
| TDP | Metla Satyanarayana Rao | 27,818 | 29.12 | −28.98 | |
| INC | Tadi Tatarao | 24,777 | 25.93 | −11.68 | |
| Majority | 4,040 | 4.23 | |||
| Turnout | 95,535 | 77.54 | +3.62 | ||
| Independent gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INC | Pinipe Viswarup | 57,922 | 41.96 | +16.03 | |
| PRP | Chinta Krishnamurthy | 51,649 | 37.41 | ||
| TDP | Aithabathula Anandarao | 23,185 | 16.79 | −12.33 | |
| Majority | 6,273 | 4.55 | |||
| Turnout | 138,056 | 79.71 | +2.17 | ||
| INC gain from Independent | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Aithabathula Ananda Rao | 76,444 | 50.99 | ||
| YSRCP | Babu Rao Golla | 64,031 | 42.71 | ||
| Majority | 12,413 | 8.28 | |||
| Turnout | 149,928 | 78.32 | −1.39 | ||
| TDP gain from INC | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YSRCP | Pinipe Viswarup | 72,003 | 42.51% | ||
| TDP | Aithabathula Ananda Rao | 46,349 | 27.36% | ||
| JSP | Shetty Battula Rajababu | 45,200 | 26.69% | ||
| Majority | 25,654 | 15.15% | |||
| Turnout | 169,382 | ||||
| YSRCP gain from TDP | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TDP | Aithabathula Ananda Rao | 104,022 | 58.56 | ||
| YSRCP | Pinipe Viswarup | 65,394 | 36.81 | ||
| INC | Aithabathula Subhashini | 1357 | 0.76 | ||
| Independent | Dantuluri Rohit Varma (Yesuchristu , seeluvarakshakudu) | 11 | 0.1 | ||
| Majority | 38628 | 21.74 | |||
| Turnout | 177636 | ||||
| TDP gain from YSRCP | Swing | ||||